Bioterrorism
Self-Study Examination
Instructions: After studying the text answer the following true/false or multiple choice questions. Remember, there's only one answer to each question.
a) terrorist attack that employs biological weapons b) a chemical release or a major explosion
a) True b) False
a) a naturally occurring outbreak. b) an intentional bioterrorism attack.
a) cutaneous b) inhalational c) gastrointestinal
a) Anthrax is not contagious; the illness cannot be transmitted from person to person. b) There’s no anthrax vaccine available to the general public. c) At present nasal swab test is the only way to determine if a person has been exposed to anthrax bacteria.
a) ciprofloxacin b) doxycycline
a) one week b) 30 days c) 60 days d) until the symptoms disappear
a) yes b) no c) not certain, but it is possible
a) engineering controls. b) administrative controls. c) housekeeping controls.
a) CDC b) FBI c) local police d) local health department
a) inhalational b) cutaneous c) gastrointestinal
a) 4 hours b) 1 day c) 7 days d) 45 days
a) Smallpox has now been eradicated from the world. b) There’s no specific treatment for the disease. c) Fatality rate for smallpox is over 90%. d) Direct and fairly prolonged face-to-face contact is required to spread smallpox from one person to another.
a) incubation period b) prodrome phase c) early rash d) scab stage
a) anthrax b) plague c) smallpox d) SARS
a) pregnant women b) HIV positive persons c) children younger than 12 months d) people with heart conditions e) all of the above
a) 3 to 5 years b) 20 years c) lifetime
a) Botulism is caused by a virus. b) Botulism is not spread from one person to another. c) Most botulism patients eventually recover after weeks to months of supportive care.
a) foodborne botulism b) infant botulism c) wound botulism
a) restaurant food b) home-canned foods c) honey d) sausage e) commercially canned foods
a) beef b) milk products c) poultry d) vegetables
a) myasthenia gravis b) meningitis c) stroke d) Guillain-Barré syndrome e) mushroom poisoning
a) Germany b) Iraq c) Japan d) Soviet Union
a) foodborne b) airborne c) waterborne
a) >90% b) about 50% c) about 25% d) about 6%
a) botulinum antitoxin b) antibiotics c) activated charcoal
a) improper diagnosis b) absent or delayed treatment c) bacilli have become resistant to antibiotics d) ineffective antibiotics
a) 1666 b) 1720 c) 1894 d) 1900
a) urban areas. b) rural areas.
a) pneumonic b) bubonic c) septicemic
a) 24 hours b) 2-6 days c) 15 days
a) oriental rat flea (X cheopis) b) human flea (Pulex irritans) c) bedbugs (Cimex Lectularius)
a) North Korea b) Soviet Union c) Japan d) Iraq
a) enzootic b) epizootic
a) gentamicin b) streptomycin c) doxycycline d) tetracycline
a) bubonic b) pneumonic
a) bite of an infected tick or deerfly b) handling infected animal carcasses c) eating or drinking contaminated food or water d) breathing in the disease-causing bacteria e) all of the above
a) yes b) no
a) Tularemia can be spread from person to person. b) The FDA has approved a vaccination for tularemia. c) Most cases of tularemia in the United States occur in the southcentral and western states. d) As a biological weapon, tularemia would be spread through contaminated water.
a) U.S. military at one time maintained a stockpile of F tularensis as a biological weapon. b) The United States over 30 years ago destroyed its entire biological arsenal. c) both of the above d) none of the above
a) urban b) rural
a) tularemia b) plague c) anthrax
a) abrupt onset of large numbers of acutely ill persons b) rapid progression from upper respiratory symptoms and bronchitis to life-threatening pleur pneumonitis c) systemic infection among previously healthy adults d) urban setting e) all of the above
a) streptomycin b) tetracycline c) fluoroquinolone d) ciprofloxacin
a) streptomycin b) gentamicin c) doxycycline
a) gentamicin b) streptomycin c) ciprofloxacin (oral)
a) lungs. b) liver. c) kidney. d) nervous system. e) multiple organ systems.
a) during the incubation period b) during the latter stages of illness
a) ebola b) Rift Valley fever c) dengue d) yellow fever
a) rice b) castor beans. c) synthetic chemicals. d) inorganic waste.
a) inhalational b) ingestion c) dermal
a) x-ray b) urine test c) CAT scan d) blood test
a) immediate b) delayed c) minimal d) expectant
a) Crimean war b) World War I c) World War II d) Iran-Iraq war
a) 2-3% b) 30% c) 65% d) over 90%
a) 1 or 2 minutes b) 1 hour c) 4 hours d) 24 hours
a) Campylobacter b) Salmonella c) E. coli 0157:H7 d) Norwalk
a) laboratory testing of food b) epidemiological investigation
a) fruits b) vegetables c) pasteurized milk d) raw shellfish
a) CDC b) FDA c) USDA d) FBI
a) 1882 b) 1914 c) 1949 d) 1982
a) antibiotics b) antidiarrheal agents, such as loperamide (Imodium) c) no specific treatment
a) Salmonella is named after the scientist name Salmon who discovered the bacteria. b) Most people infected with Salmonella recover without any treatment. c) The best way to prevent Salmonella is through vaccination. d) Children are the most likely to get salmonellosis.
a) antibiotics b) rehydration
a) Shigella is named after a Japanese scientist Shiga who discovered it over 100 years ago. b) Some Shigella bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics making these drugs ineffective. c) Best treatment for Shigella is antidiarrheal agents such as Imodium or Lomotil. d) There is no vaccine to prevent shigellosis.
a) eating or drinking something that is contaminated with Brucella b) breathing in the organism c) having the bacteria enter through skin wounds
a) humans b) animals c) shellfish d) all of the above
a) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) b) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) c) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) d) Centers for Disease Control (CDC) e) local health department
a) first-degree b) second-degree c) third-degree
a) posttraumatic stress disorder b) complications of third-degree burns c) mild traumatic brain injury d) coma induced by drug overdose
a) victims exposed only to gas or vapor b) victims whose skin or clothing is soaked with liquid chemical
a) high b) low